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Michael R. Bloomberg
career plan. “I was supposed to go to Vietnam,” Bloomberg recalled during a recent Bloomberg TV interview. “But at the last minute they wouldn’t take me because I had flat feet. A friend of mine said to `Go to Wall Street.’” Bloomberg...
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- 12 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Rocket Science Retailing: A Practical Guide
The New Science of Retailing: How Analytics Are Transforming the Supply Chain and Improving Performance (Harvard Business Press). As a practical guide, The New Science of Retailing helps retailers mine their...
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- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Lesson from the Fall
"...But the good news is your old Enron stock has become a high-priced collectible." © 2008 www.cartoonstock.com Nearly seven years after its collapse, Enron continues to fascinate those interested in corporate leadership and governance....
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- 02 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Good Deeds Invite Bad Publicity
There is next to no evidence that CSR positively adds to a company's bottom line, according to Felix Oberholzer-Gee, the Andreas Andresen Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. "You cannot find a robust direct link between CSR View Details
- 05 Dec 2023
- Blog Post
Taking Learning Beyond the Classroom
Grasso of Urban Mining Industries, protagonists of the case, "Harvard University and Urban Mining Industries: Decarbonizing the Supply Chain", facilitated by Professors Shirley...
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- 05 Dec 2017
- Research & Ideas
What We've Learned from 101 Entrepreneurs in Emerging Markets
expropriation processes, or financial crisis. Silverthorne: Who should be reading these interviews? What will they learn? Khanna: Academics for sure, for their research. Several have started mining the extensive transcripts as data, for...
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- 05 Dec 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is Walmart Defying Economic Gravity?
world's economies. And its borders extend far beyond the US. Everyone has an opinion about Walmart. Mine is influenced by my only visit to Bentonville, Arkansas 20 years ago. Even then it was a big company....
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- 28 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?
Source: Cecilie_Arcurs George Serafeim has a startling suggestion to fix the world’s biggest environmental, social, and governance (ESG) problems such as water pollution, deforestation, and wealth inequality: encourage companies within industries to do less competing...
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- 25 Apr 2014
- News
In emerging economies, business opportunities provide lessons in leadership
these countries develop more efficient and equitable ways of doing business," says Leach, who anticipates a career in the mining or energy sectors. In Accra, Leach was part of a student team assigned to help...
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- July 2011
- Case
Barrick Gold: Implementing a Transition to IFRS
By: David F. Hawkins and Angel R. Solis
Barrick Gold must change from Canadian – GAAP to IFRS. Case covers the transition.
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Hawkins, David F., and Angel R. Solis. "Barrick Gold: Implementing a Transition to IFRS." Harvard Business School Case 112-009, July 2011.
- 02 Oct 2016
- Blog Post
Peek Weekend: The Family Business Cohort
too short to gather any real insight — and ended up being completely wrong. Peek Weekend gives you actionable takeaways. For example, prior to hearing about Peek a mentor of mine recommended I read the book...
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- 17 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 17
case:http://hbr.org/search/912017-PDF-ENG First Quantum Minerals vs. Eurasian Natural Resources George Serafeim and Andrew KnauerHarvard Business School Case 112-083 The case describes the battle between First Quantum Mineral (FQM) View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
Daniel Guggenheim
and took control of ASARCO in 1900. Guggenheim bought copper mines and gold fields in Chile, tin mines in Bolivia, View Details
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Metals
- 04 Jun 2024
- Blog Post
ClimateCAP 2024
fields. A highlight for me was the ESG workshop which was a practical way to get up to develop some practical skills while understanding the opportunities and issues in the space." - Aman Baboolal, MBA 2024...
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- 27 Jun 2016
- Blog Post
From Africa to HBS
Humbulani Dombo (MBA 2016) was born and raised in a small town in South Africa. Growing up in a remote part of the country fueled her curiosity about the world, and sparked a desire to explore as much of it...
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- 05 Dec 2006
- First Look
First Look: December 5, 2006
Working PapersThe Industry R&D Survey — Patent Database Link Project Authors:William R. Kerr and Shihe Fu Abstract This paper details the construction of a firm-year panel dataset combining the NBER Patent Dataset with the Industry...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 1978
- Chapter
Alternatives for Mineral Tax Reform
By: Malcolm Gillis, Louis T. Wells, Glenn Jenkins and Brian Wright
- 09 Jan 2020
- Blog Post
Navigating Grey in the Ever-Evolving Tech Community
There were certain parameters and goals for the role, but it was ultimately mine to own and shape (which was part of the appeal). In retrospect, taking this role was a bit of a...
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- October 1993
- Teaching Note
Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc. TN
By: Jay O. Light and James O. Sailer
Teaching Note for (9-293-051).
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- November 1981
- Case
Questionable Payments Abroad: Gulf in Italy
Gulf Oil in Italy was confronted by the need to increase the authorized capacity at a refinery in the face of substantial opposition. Raises the issue of their use of "facilitating gratuities" to minor officials, payments to influence news reports, and the employment...
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Bartlett, Christopher A. "Questionable Payments Abroad: Gulf in Italy." Harvard Business School Case 382-080, November 1981.